Antonyms for shine
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : shahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃaɪn |
Definition of shine
Origin :- Old English scinan "shed light, be radiant, be resplendent, iluminate," of persons, "be conspicuous" (class I strong verb; past tense scan, past participle scinen), from Proto-Germanic *skinan (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German skinan, Old Norse and Old Frisian skina, Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Gothic skeinan "to shine, appear"), from PIE root *skai- (2) "to gleam, shine, flicker" (cf. Sanskrit chaya "brilliance, luster; shadow," Greek skia "shade," Old Church Slavonic sinati "to flash up, shine," Albanian he "shadow"). Transitive meaning "to black (boots)" is from 1610s. Related: Shined (in the shoe polish sense), otherwise shone; shining.
- noun brightness; polish
- verb give off or reflect light
- verb polish, burnish
- Kindle the light of the light-house, and it has nothing to do, except to shine.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Mr. Raymount had some light; he let it shine mostly in reviews, not much in the house.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- There was indeed a sun that nothing could cloud, but it seemed to shine far away.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- The god Lakhmu and the goddess Lakhamu were made to shine, they were named.
- Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
- God sendeth the rain to fall and the sun to shine on the evil and the good.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- "Here's where we shine," broke in a cheery voice which was sweet to the ears, just then.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Hold to him still in time of sorrow, then the sun will shine tomorrow!
- Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
- The sun does not shine the less because one side of our planet is in darkness.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- It was a day of rain and shine, of sun burst and cloud, but no lady appeared.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- As soon as they were fairly embarked once more, the Sun ceased to shine.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
Synonyms for shine
- beam
- bedazzle
- blaze
- blink
- brush
- buff
- buff up
- burn
- dazzle
- deflect
- emit light
- finish
- flare
- flash
- flicker
- furbish
- give a sheen
- give light
- glance
- glare
- glaze
- gleam
- glimmer
- glint
- glisten
- glitter
- glitz
- gloss
- glow
- illuminate
- illumine
- incandesce
- irradiate
- lambency
- light
- luminesce
- luminosity
- luster
- make brilliant
- mirror
- patina
- put a finish on
- put a gloss on
- radiance
- radiate
- rub
- scintillate
- scour
- sheen
- shimmer
- show
- sleek
- sparkle
- twinkle
- wax
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